With three players who have started a game this season already out for the season, right guard Colton Freeman was held out of the 34-0 victory over Vanderbilt with a neck stinger.

True freshman Kameron Eloph made his first career start.

Freeman suffered the stinger in last week’s victory at Central Florida. He underwent an MRI, which coach Tom Herman said “did not show anything permanent.”

“He had a lot of weakness and tingling in his arm and shoulder and just couldn’t go tonight,” Herman said. “Hopefully with that kind of rest and treatment, the signs point to getting him back next week. We have to make sure. Those things, if you come back too soon, they just reoccur and eventually take an entire offseason to rest those nerves. We have to be smart with him.”

The Cougars started two true freshmen (Eloph and center Will Noble) and one redshirt freshman (left guard Mason Denley).

• Before Saturday, the last time UH shutout an SEC opponent was Oct. 4, 1969, a 74-0 win over Mississippi State.

• Kenneth Farrow’s 15-yard touchdown in the third quarter was the 31st of his career, moving into a tie for second in school history with Jackie Battle (2003-06).

• Adrian McDonald recorded the 17th interception of his career, setting a new school record.

• UH joins Baylor as the only FBS schools with six wins by at least 21 points this season.

• UH has not allowed any points in the second half in three straight games.

• With 14 career wins, quarterback Greg Ward Jr. moved into a tie with Delrick Brown (1977, ’79) and Andre Ware (1987-89) for sixth in school history.

• Cornerback William Jackson III has 31 career pass breakups, tied with Johnny Jackson (1985-88) for fifth-most in school history.

• Ty Cummings’ 37-yard field goal in the second quarter was the longest of his career.

• Nick Thurman tied a career high with five tackles and recovered the first fumble of his career.

TULSA, Okla. – The ‘job open’ sign has been posted for the University of Houston placekicking duties.

Coach Tom Herman said the Cougars plan to hold tryouts this week after Kyle Bullard missed two field goals in Saturday’s 38-24 win over Tulsa.

Bullard was 1-of-3 on field goals, making a 21-yarder but missing wide on attempts from 40 and 44 yards.

Ty Cummings will get a look at the job.

“It’s a short week, a tough week to do it,” Herman said. “We’ve got two Division I kickers on scholarships. We need to be able to make those. Those need to be damn near automatic in Division I football, and right now we’re not.”

Bullard has converted only 55.5 percent (5 of 9) of his attempts this season.

]]>https://blog.chron.com/sportsupdate/2015/10/uh-coach-herman-says-kicking-job-open-changes-could-be-coming/feed/0Houston football recruiting: Ty Cummingshttps://blog.chron.com/sportsupdate/2013/01/houston-football-recruiting-k-ty-cummings/
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A series of video highlights of Houston football commitments leading up to Feb. 6 national signing day.]]>A series of video highlights of Houston football commitments leading up to Feb. 6 national signing day.

]]>https://blog.chron.com/sportsupdate/2013/01/houston-football-recruiting-k-ty-cummings/feed/8Cougars pick up fifth football commitment of 2013 classhttps://blog.chron.com/sportsupdate/2012/05/cougars-pick-up-fifth-football-commitment-of-2013-class/
https://blog.chron.com/sportsupdate/2012/05/cougars-pick-up-fifth-football-commitment-of-2013-class/#commentsThu, 17 May 2012 05:13:08 +0000http://blog.chron.com/cougars/?p=7241The Houston coaching staff has been burning up the recruiting trail during this current evaluation period in an effort to find some new Cougar football recruits, and they landed one late on Wednesday night.]]>The Houston coaching staff has been burning up the recruiting trail during this current evaluation period in an effort to find some new Cougar football recruits, and they landed one late on Wednesday night.

The Cougars received a verbal commitment from Weimar center Ja’Braylin Thomas. Thomas, who is 6-6, 320, is ranked as the seventh-best center in the nation according to Rivals.com.

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https://blog.chron.com/sportsupdate/2012/04/cougars-add-top-kicker-to-2013-recruiting-class/#commentsTue, 01 May 2012 02:10:23 +0000http://blog.chron.com/cougars/?p=7012Houston got its fourth commitment of the 2013 recruiting class in the form of a kicker: Ty Cummings. Cummings, who plays at Southlake Carroll, verbally committed to the Cougars on Monday. Cummings is ranked no. 1 kicker nationally in the class of 2013 by ChrisSailerKicking.com and KornblueKicking.com, which ranks high school kickers and punters.]]>Houston got its fourth commitment of the 2013 recruiting class in the form of a kicker: Ty Cummings.

Cummings, who plays at Southlake Carroll, verbally committed to the Cougars on Monday. Cummings is ranked no. 1 kicker nationally in the class of 2013 by ChrisSailerKicking.com and KornblueKicking.com, which ranks high school kickers and punters.

The 5-11, 180 Cummings attended Houston’s junior day on March 31. Cummings received interest from Auburn, Boston College, LSU, Oregon and Southern Illinois but Houston was the first and only team to offer him.

The Cougars’ aggressiveness in the recruiting process won Cummings over.

“Coach (Tony) Levine has been a great person to deal with throughout the recruiting process,” Cummings said. “He invited me down to junior day and I was the only kicker they invited there so that made feel good about the whole situation.

“A few weeks ago they offered me and that was the pinnacle of it all. I had a couple of weeks to think it over and here we are.”

“He’s a great young man, smart, hard-worker, very attentive to detail,” Southlake Carroll coach Hal Wasson said. “He has a great leg, he handled all the kickoffs and he’s really good on onsides and directional kicks. He has a strong leg and very consistent at putting the ball deep.”

Verbal commitments are non-binding. The first day prospects in the 2013 class can sign a national letter of intent is Feb. 6, 2013.

Here’s some video of Cummings attempting field goals from long distances: